neighbourhood in Hoogeveen

West

2,050 residents · postal code 7901 · Part of Hoogeveen, Hoogeveen

Bottom 13% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

West in Hoogeveen has the supermarket, the GP, a school and the station all close by, which produces a 9.8 for amenities. That same central position also produces a 2.9 for safety. The number of reported offences is more than double the national median, and unlike in many town-centre neighbourhoods it does not sit in property crime alone: violence is recorded here more than three times as often as nationally.

The 7.6 for families says little about children here. More than a third of residents are 65 or over; what carries the figure is the short distance to school and childcare, not the age profile. The wealth & income figure of 2.8 fits the picture: low property value, few households with a high income, many with a low one, and a vacancy rate well above the national median.

no. 11,475 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 39 of 47 in Hoogeveen

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Is West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, West comes out at 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: West is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

50.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

7.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

11.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 142 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.5 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

1.3 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

1.5 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 km

Tick = Dutch median

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Wealth & income

What the homes are worth, what residents earn and how many homes stand empty. It describes the area, not the people living in it.

Property value

€ 265,000

Welfare recipients

24.4 per 1,000

High incomes

11%

Low incomes

44%

Vacancy

11%

Owner-occupied

44%

Social housing

44%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

61%

Built after 2000

19%

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

2,373 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

36%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

2,032

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.3 µg/m³

Not part of the grade: air quality varies mostly between regions, barely between neighbourhoods within one municipality. WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³. Calculated annual mean, RIVM 2024.

Tick = Dutch median

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.4 km

Households with children

29%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.4 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

West has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+35%
NL median 22%

Share of residents per age group (CBS, 2025). All five bars share one scale, so their lengths can be compared with each other.

Average household size
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,373 — around the average
NL median 2,364

Tick = Dutch median. Households with children counts towards Families, population density towards Quiet & nature; the other figures here get no grade.

Frequently asked questions

Is West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, West comes out at 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: West is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in West?

In West the police recorded 142 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (50 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.

How is the grade for West calculated?

West scores 3.4 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where West lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.